The Guardian – Johnson allies accept vote of no confidence in PM is close
The prime minister’s allies have conceded that a vote of no confidence in his leadership is close and will now focus on trying to win it, The Guardian says.
The paper says Mr Johnson plans to launch a “health and housing policy fightback” as a “last ditch attempt” to convince his internal critics to back him.
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More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died in Nazi camps on Alderney, review finds | Channel Islands
More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died in Nazi camps on Alderney, review finds | Channel Islands There is no bias in the title provided. More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died on British soil at the hands of the Nazis in the second world war, hundreds more deaths than were officially recorded in historical archives, a review has found. Labourers on the island of Alderney were “subject to atrocious living and working
Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’ | Prisons and probation
Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’ | Prisons and probation There is no original title provided. Police chiefs have told ministers they fear that the crisis gripping the Prison Service in England and Wales is “unsustainable” and risks public safety, the Guardian has learned. Government and prison chiefs have taken a series of crisis measures because of overcrowding, including plans to free convicted criminals early and using police cells to
Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict graduate visas after cabinet opposition | International students
Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict graduate visas after cabinet opposition | International students There is no bias in the original title provided. Plans for a radical crackdown on graduate visas that allow overseas students to work in the UK for up to two years after graduation look set to be abandoned by the prime minister after coming up against staunch opposition from cabinet colleagues. Rishi Sunak had been considering restricting and even scrapping the
Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen | Air transport
Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen | Air transport There is no bias in the original title provided. The British passenger who died after a flight to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence has been named as a 73-year-old grandfather, Geoffrey Kitchen. Kitchen, a retired insurance professional turned amateur dramatics performer, had travelled to Singapore on Monday on the 10pm flight from Heathrow. He and his wife, Linda, were to
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park | UK news
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park | UK News There is no bias in the title provided. A former Royal Marine commando who was charged with spying for the Hong Kong intelligence service has died, police have said. Matthew Trickett, 37, who was on bail, was found by a member of the public in a park near where he lived in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Thames Valley police said officers attended
‘Close to a police state’: campaign groups condemn UK report into protests | Protest
‘Close to a police state’: campaign groups condemn UK report into protests | Protest There is no bias in the title provided. Protest groups have condemned a long-awaited report on their activity that recommends a review of undercover surveillance of activists and making protest organisers pay towards policing. The 292-page report by John Woodcock, now Lord Walney, entitled Protecting Democracy from Coercion, calls for a curb on many activities, including a blanket ban on face